Identification of low-dimensional energy containing / flux transporting eddy motion in the atmospheric surface layer using wavelet thresholding methods

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 377-389

  Katul, Gabriel ^a   Vidakovic, Brani ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT FLUX; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER MEASUREMENTS; LORENTZ THRESHOLD FUNCTION; WAVELET PACKET ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; ENERGY FLUX; TURBULENCE; WAVELET THRESHOLDING METHOD;

EID: 0032004752     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0377:IOLDEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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